Elizabeth George Speare

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Elizabeth George Speare

(1908 - 1994)

About Elizabeth George Speare

Elizabeth George Speare was an American children's author who won many awards for her historical fiction novels. She has been called one of America's 100 most popular children's authors and much of her work has become mandatory reading in many schools throughout the nation.

Novels

Abby, Julia and the Cows (1957)
Calico Captive (1957)
The Witch of Blackbird Pond (1958)
The Bronze Bow (1961)
Stranger On the Shore (1964)
The Prospering (1967)
The Sign Of The Beaver (1983)

Omnibus

A Newbery Collection boxed set (2011) (with Lois Lowry, Scott O'Dell and Linda Sue Park)

Collections

Beneath Another Sky (1989) (with Rhoda Blumberg and Kate Douglas Wiggin)

Plays

The Stranger: A one act play of Bible times (1955)

Non fiction

Child Life In New England (1961)
Life In Colonial America (1963)

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